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Peer reviewed journal publications
2023
Martinez, A, Calhoun, AC & Sadd, BM (accepted) Investigating the influence of diet diversity on infection outcomes in a bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) and microsporidian (Nosema bombi) host-pathogen system. Frontiers in Insect Science.
*Li, J, *Sauers, L, *Zhuang, D, Ren, H, Guo, J, Wang, L, Zhuang, M, Guo, Y, Zhang, Z, Wu, J, Yao, J, Yang, H, Huang, J, Wang, C, Lin, Q, Zhang, Z & Sadd, BM (2023) Divergence and convergence of gut microbiomes of wild insect pollinators. mBio. (*Joint first authors) pdf
Rubén Martín-Blázquez, R, Calhoun,AC, Sadd,BM, & Cameron, SA (2023) Gene expression in bumble bee larvae differs qualitatively between high and low concentration imidacloprid exposure levels. Scientific Reports, 13, 9415 pdf
McCormick, EC, Cohen, OR, Dolezal, AG, & Sadd, BM (2023) Consequences of microsporidian prior exposure for virus infection outcomes and bumble bee host health. Oecologia, 202, 325-335 pdf
Rines, IG, Harrod, AE, Hunt, J, Sadd, BM, & Sakaluk, SK (2023) Disentangling effects of mating, nuptial gifts, and accessory gland proteins on reproduction in female crickets. Animal Behaviour, 196, 1-7 pdf
Foquet, B, Rapkin, J, Sharma, M, Sadd, BM, Sakaluk, S, & Hunt, J (2023) Transcriptomic responses of females to consumption of nuptial food gifts as a potential mediator of sexual conflict in decorated crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 36, 183-194 pdf
Goldberg, DL, Sadd, BM, & Capparella, AP (2023) A rallid ballad: communal signaling is correlated with annual territoriality in the most duet-rich family of birds (Gruiformes: Rallidae). Ornithology, 140, ukac054 pdf
Strange, JP, Colla, SR, Adams, LD, Duennes, MA, Evans, EC, Figueroa, LL, Lehmann, DM, Moylett, H, Richardson, L, Sadd, BM, Smith, JW, Smith, TA, Tripodi, AD, Spevak, EM & Inouye, DW(2023) An evidence-based rationale for a North American commercial bumble bee clean stock certification program. Journal of Pollination Ecology, 32, 1-13 pdf
*Figueroa, LL, *Sadd, BM, *Tripodi, AD,Strange, JP, Colla, SR, Adams, LD, Duennes, MA, Evans, EC, Lehmann, DM, Moylett, H, Richardson, L, Smith, JW, Smith, TA, Spevak, EM & Inouye, DW(2023) Endosymbionts that threaten commercially raised and wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.). Journal of Pollination Ecology, 32, 14-36. (*Joint first authors) pdf
Evans, EC, Strange, JP, Sadd, BM, Tripodi, AD, Figueroa, LL, Adams, LD, Colla, SR, Duennes, MA, Lehmann, DM, Moylett, H, Richardson, L, Smith, JW, Smith, TA, Spevak, EM & Inouye, DW(2023) Ectoparasites, parasitoids, and hive products that are potentially deleterious to commercially raised and wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.). Journal of Pollination Ecology, 32, 37-53 pdf
2022
Duffield KR, Foquet, B, Stasko, JA, Hunt, J, Sadd, BM, Sakaluk, SK, & Ramirez, JL (2022) Induction of multiple immune signaling pathways in Gryllodes sigillatus crickets during active viral infections. Viruses, 14, 2712 pdf
Strange, JP, Colla, SR, Duennes, M, Evans, E, Figueroa, LL, Inouye, DW, Lehmann, DM, Moylett, H, Richardson, L, Sadd, BM, Smith, JW, Tripodi, AD, Adams, LD (2022). Developing a Commercial Bumble Bee Clean Stock Certification Program: A white paper of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign Bombus Task Force. North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC). https://www.pollinator.org/nappc/imperiled-bombus-conservation
Letendre, C, Duffield, KR, Sadd, BM, Sakaluk, SK, House, C & Hunt, J (2022) Genetic covariance in immune measures and pathogen resistance in decorated crickets Gryllodes sigillatus. Journal of Animal Ecology, 91, 1471-1488 pdf
Fowler, AE, Sadd, BM, Bassingthwaite, T, Irwin, RE & Adler, LS (2022) Consuming sunflower pollen reduced pathogen infection but did not alter measures of immunity in bumble bees. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 377, 20210160 pdf
2021
Duffield, KR, Hunt, J, Sadd, BM, Sakaluk, SK, Oppert, B, Rosario-Cora, K, Behle, R & Ramirez, JL (2021) Active and covert infections of cricket iridovirus and Acheta domesticus densovirus in reared Gryllodes sigillatus crickets. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 780796 pdf
Calhoun, AC, Harrod, AE, Bassingthwaite, TA & Sadd, BM (2021) Testing the multiple stressor hypothesis: Chlorothalonil exposure alters transmission potential of a bumblebee pathogen but not individual host health. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288, 20202922 pdf
Hampton, KJ, Duffield, KR, Hunt, J, Sakaluk, SK & Sadd, BM (2021) Male and female genotype and a genotype-by-genotype interaction mediate the effects of mating on cellular but not humoral immunity in female decorated crickets. Heredity, 126, 477-490 pdf
Sun, C, Huang, J, Wang, Y, …, Sadd, BM, Hahn, M, Schaack, S, Barribeau, SM, Williams, PH, Waterhouse, RM, Mueller, RL (2021) Genus-wide characterization of bumblebee genomes provides insights into their evolution and variation in ecological and behavioral traits. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38, 486-501 pdf
2020
Duffield, KR, Hampton, KJ, Houslay, TM, Rapkin, J, Hunt, J, Sadd, BM & Sakaluk, SK (2020) Macronutrient intake and simulated infection threat independently affect life history traits of male decorated crickets. Ecology and Evolution. 10, 11766-11778 pdf
Cameron, SA & Sadd, BM (2020) Global trends in bumble bee health. Annual Review of Entomology, 65, 209-232 pdf
2019
Wang, L, Wu, J, Li, K, Sadd, BM, Guo, Y, Zhuang, DH, Chen, YP, Evans, J, Guo, J, Zhang, Z & Li, J (2019) Dynamic changes of gut microbial communities of bumble bee queens through important life stages. mSystems, 4, e00631-19 pdf
Sauers, LA and Sadd, BM (2019) An interaction between host and microbe genotypes determines colonization success of a key bumble bee gut microbiota member. Evolution, 73, 2333-2342 pdf
Ashford, MA, Palackdharry, SA, Sadd, BM, Bowden, RM & Vogel, LA (2019) Intestinal B cells in the red-eared slider turtle, Trachemys scripta: anatomical distribution and implications for ecological interactions with pathogenic microbes. Journal of Experimental Zoology A, 331, 407-415 pdf
Sakaluk, SK, Oldzej, J, Hodges, C, Harper, J, Rines, I, Hampton, KJ, Duffield, KR, Hunt, J & Sadd, BM (2019) Effects of inbreeding on life history traits and sexual competency in decorated crickets. Animal Behaviour, 155, 241-248 pdf
Tobin, KB, Calhoun, AC, Hallahan, MF, Martinez, A & Sadd, BM (2019) Infection outcomes are robust to thermal variability in a bumble bee host-parasite system. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 59, 1103-1113 pdf
Duffield, KR, Hampton, KJ, Houslay, TM, Hunt, J, Sadd, BM & Sakaluk, SK (2019) Inbreeding alters context-dependent reproductive effort and immunity in male crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 32, 731-741 pdf
Sakaluk, SK, Duffield, KR, Rapkin, J, Sadd, BM & Hunt, J (2019) The troublesome gift: the spermatophylax as a purveyor of sexual conflict and coercion in crickets. Advances in the Study of Behavior, 51, 1-30 pdf
2018
Zhao, X, Su, L, Schaack, S, Sadd, BM & Sun, C. (2018) Tandem repeats contribute to coding sequence variation in bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Genome Biology and Evolution, 10, 3176-3187 pdf
Roth, O, Beemelmanns, A, Barribeau, SM & Sadd, BM (2018) Recent advances in vertebrate and invertebrate trans-generational immunity in the light of ecology and evolution. Heredity, 121, 225-238 pdf
Rothchild, K, Adler, LS, Irwin, RE, Sadd, BM, Stevenson, PC, Palmer Young, EC (2018) Effects of short-term exposure to naturally occurring thymol concentrations on transmission of a bumble bee parasite. Ecological Entomology, 43, 567-577 pdf
Duffield,KR, Hampton, KJ, Houslay,TM,Hunt, J, Rapkin, J, Sakaluk, SK & Sadd, BM (2018) Age-dependent variation in the terminal investment threshold in male crickets. Evolution, 72, 578-589 pdf
Palmer-Young, EC, Calhoun, A, Mirzayeva, A & Sadd, BM (2018) Effects of the floral phytochemical eugenol on parasite evolution and bumble bee infection and preference. Scientific Reports, 8, 2074 pdf
Carter, A, Sadd, BM, Tuberville, T, Paitz, R & Bowden, RM (2018) Short heatwaves during fluctuating incubation regimes produce females under temperature-dependent sex determination with implications for sex ratios in nature. Scientific Reports, 8, 3 pdf
2017
Duffield, KR, Bowers, EK, Sakaluk, S & Sadd, BM (2017) A dynamic threshold model for terminal investment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71, 185 pdf
Czerwinski, MA & Sadd, BM (2017) Detrimental interactions of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure and bumblebee immunity. Journal of Experimental Zoology A, 327, 273-283 pdf
Fauser, A, Sandrock, C, Neumann, P & Sadd, BM (2017) Neonicotinoids override a parasite exposure impact on hibernation success of a key bumblebee pollinator. Ecological Entomology, 42, 306-314 pdf
Palmer-Young, EC, Sadd, BM, Irwin, RE & Adler, LS (2017) Synergistic effects of floral phytochemicals against a bumble bee parasite. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 1836-1849 pdf
Palackdharry, S, Sadd, BM, Vogel, LA & Bowden, RM (2017) The effect of environmental temperature on reptilian peripheral blood B cell functions. Hormones and Behavior, 88, 87-94 pdf
Palmer‐Young, EC, Sadd, BM & Adler, LS (2017) Evolution of resistance to single and combined floral phytochemicals by a bumble bee parasite. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30, 300-312 pdf
2016
Palmer-Young, EC, Sadd, BM, Stevenson, PC, Irwin, RE & Adler, LS (2016) Bumble bee parasite strains vary in resistance to phytochemicals. Scientific Reports, 6, 37087 pdf
Barribeau, SM, Schmid-Hempel, P & Sadd, BM (2016) Royal decree: gene expression in trans-generationally immune primed bumblebee workers mimics a primary immune response. PLoS ONE, 11, e0159635 pdf
Engel, P, Kwong, W, McFrederick, Q, Anderson, KE, Barribeau, S, Chandler, JA, Cornman, S, Dainat, J, de Miranda, J, Doublet, V, Emery, O, Evans, J, Farinelli, L, Flenniken, M, Granberg, F, Grasis, J, Gauthier, L, Hayer, J, Koch, H, Kocher, S, Martinson, V, Moran, N, Munoz-Torres, M, Newton, I, Paxton, R, Powell, J, Sadd, BM, Schmid‐Hempel, P, Schmid‐Hempel, R, Song, SJ, Schwarz, R, van Engelsdorp, D & Dainat, B (2016) The bee microbiome: impact on bee health and model for evolution and ecology of host-microbe interactions. mBio, 7, e02164-15 pdf
2015
Duffield, KR, Hunt, J, Rapkin, J, Sadd, BM & Sakaluk, SK (2015) Terminal investment in the gustatory appeal of nuptial food gifts in crickets. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28, 1872-1881 pdf
Sadd, BM, Barribeau SM, Bloch G, de Graaf DC, Dearden P, Elsik CG, et al. (2015) The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization. Genome Biology, 16, 76 pdf
Barribeau, SM, Sadd, BM, du Plessis, L, Brown, MJF, Buechel, SD, Cappelle, K, et al. (2015) A depauperate immune repertoire precedes evolution of sociality in bees. Genome Biology, 16, 83 pdf
Rahnamaeian, M, Cytrynska, M, Zdybicka-Barabas, A, Dobslaff, K, Wiesner, J, Twyman, R, Züchner, T, Sadd, BM, Regoes, R, Schmid-Hempel, P & Vilcinskas, A (2015) Insect antimicrobial peptides show potentiating functional interactions against Gram-negative bacteria. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282, 201550293 pdf
2014
Barribeau, SM, Sadd, BM, du Plessis, L & Schmid-Hempel, P (2014) Gene expression differences underlying genotype-by-genotype specificity in a host-parasite system. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 111, 3496-3501 pdf
*Fauser-Misslin, A, *Sadd, BM, Neumann, P & Sandrock, C (2014) Influence of combined pesticide and parasite exposure on bumblebee colony traits in the laboratory. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51, 450-459 pdf
*Joint first authors
2013
Sadd BM & Barribeau SM (2013) Heterogeneity in infection outcome: lessons from a bumblebee-trypanosome system. Parasite Immunology, 35, 339-349 pdf
Antonovics, J, Boots, M, Ebert, D, Koskella, B, Poss, M & Sadd, BM (2013) The origin of specificity by means of natural selection: evolved and non-host resistance in host-pathogen interactions. Evolution, 67, 1-9 pdf
2012
Li, J, Qin, H, Wu, J, Sadd, BM, Wang, X, Evans, JD, Peng, W & Chen, Y (2012) The prevalence of parasites and pathogens in Asian honeybees Apis cerana in China. PLoS ONE, 7, e47955 pdf
Greco, MK & Sadd, BM (2012). Using diagnostic radioentomology for non-invasive observations of colonies of the bumblebee,Bombus terrestris. Journal of Insect Science, 12, Article 85 pdf
Cisarovsky, G, Schmid-Hempel, P & Sadd, BM (2012) Robustness of the outcome of adult bumblebee infection with a trypanosome parasite after varied parasite exposures during larval development. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25, 1053-1059 pdf
2011
Sadd, BM (2011) Food-environment mediates specific interactions between a bumblebee and its trypanosome parasite. Evolution, 65, 2995-3001 pdf
Ulrich, Y, Sadd, BM & Schmid-Hempel, P (2011) Strain filtering and transmission of a mixed infection in a social insect. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24, 354-362 pdf
2010
Sadd BM et al (2010) Analysis of a normalised expressed sequence tag (EST) library from a key pollinator, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. BMC Genomics, 11, 110 pdf
Schluns H, Sadd BM, Schmid-Hempel P & Crozier RH (2010) Infection with the trypanosome Crithidia bombi and expression of immune-related genes in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 34, 705-709 pdf
2009
Sadd BM & Schmid-Hempel P (2009) Principles of Ecological Immunology. Evolutionary Applications, 2, 113-121 pdf
Sadd BM & Schmid-Hempel P (2009) A distinct infection cost associated with trans-generational priming of antibacterial immunity in bumblebees. Biology Letters, 5, 798-801 pdf
2008
Roth O, Sadd BM, Schmid-Hempel P & Kurtz J (2008) Strain-specific priming of resistance in the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276, 145-151 pdf
Little TJ, Colegrave N, Sadd BM & Schmid-Hempel P (2008) Studying immunity at the whole organism level. BioEssays, 30, 404-405 pdf
Sadd BM (2008) Parental guidance? Trans-generational influences on offspring life-history in mosquitoes. Trends in Parasitology, 24,197-199 pdf
2007
Sadd BM & Schmid-Hempel P (2007) Facultative but persistent trans-generational immunity via the mother’s eggs in bumblebees. Current Biology, 17, R1046-1047 pdf
2006
Sadd BM & Siva-Jothy MT (2006) Self-harm caused by an insect’s innate immunity. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 273, 2571-2574 pdf
Sadd BM & Schmid-Hempel P (2006) Insect immunity shows specificity in protection on secondary pathogen exposure. Current Biology, 16, 1206-1210 pdf
Sadd BM et al. (2006) Modulation of sexual signaling by immune challenged male mealworm beetles (Tenebrio molitor, L.): evidence for terminal investment and dishonesty. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 19, 321-325 pdf
2005
Sadd BM et al. (2005) Trans-generational immune priming in a social insect. Biology Letters, 1, 386-388 pdf
Book chapters (peer reviewed)
Sadd BM & Schmid-Hempel P (2009) Ecological and evolutionary implications of specific immune responses. In Rolff, J & Reynolds, S (Eds.). Insect infection and immunity: evolution, ecology and mechanisms. Oxford University Press. Book information